A Calcutt's Pictures

With this week’s sunset photos I really aimed to branch out and get to some different parts of the point. The first photo is actually right near where last week’s were taken, but I thought a different angle served this one well. The sunset produced a beautiful orange glow, but there were simply not enough clouds to really make is spectacular. As a result, I stayed focused on the rocks and waves.

The next evening was another middling sunset. The colors never really came through the way I wanted them to, and the clouds that did light up were off in a strange direction. I did my best to take them in from a new angle, this time a little further down the east side of the point.

Given my results on the east side, I decided to try finding a spot on the west side. This little cove created some great lines in the image, and I was able to incorporate some of the boats moored just offshore. The water was calm and quiet this evening, enough so that I could see it slowly drain as the sun went down.

I have to admit, this one is a bit of a lie. Though this sunset was the next chronological entry, it is not actually at Mere Point! On this evening I decided to make a sunset crossing out to Sister Island to see the sunset from there. I ended up perched on top of a large rock at the south end of the island where I took in this view. I don’t think the photo really does it justice. On the other hand, maybe I was just mixing up the adventure with the beauty of it and it did not look as good as it felt in the moment. Shortly after the sun dipped down I raced back across the bay and made it home just before it got completely dark.

After the adventure the previous night, I returned to something a little more tame. Though it didn’t take much to earn the view, this sunset really turned out to be a beauty. As the sun faded behind the horizon the colors just kept getting better. This photo was probably taken 20 minutes after the sun set, but I just couldn’t help but sit by the water and take it in. Hope you enjoy it too!

One of my favorite things to do as we spend time at Mere Point is to watch the sun set. Because the end of the point, just a short walk away, offers such an expansive view of the bay and the surrounding islands it almost always looks great. During our extended stay in Maine in June I tried to get out to see that sunset almost every night. And now, after an unacceptably long delay, I’m sharing my experiences on those evenings.

First up, we have the evening of June 6th. This sunset was initially somewhat disappointing with thick clouds near the horizon keeping the glow to a minimum. However, as you can see, it came through in the end.

The next evening offered another set of mixed results. The clouds were again thicker than would be ideal, but just as the sun dipped down to the horizon it lit up the underside of the clouds with a soft pink glow that reflected down to the water. I really liked how the perfectly smooth tide pool gave a view of the cool gray clouds overhead as well.

The next evening the clouds looked much better, and I decided to return to that same tide pool to see if I could catch it with better lighting. In the end I’m not sure if it’s a better or worse picture, but it is certainly interesting as well.

The more time I spent at the end of the point the more I tried to mix up the angles I was capturing. After all, no matter how interesting the sunsets, they will all start to look boring if they keep repeating the same shot. Given that, I spent some time the next evening capturing this view looking at the dock to the north west. I love the way the setting sun was lighting up the seaweed and rocks.

The next couple nights were spent with other activities including everyone’s favorite: the zoom calls. However given how the first few days of sunset hunting came out, I was hooked.